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“If anything with Morgan at halfback they’re a more dangerous team than with Thurston. That doesn’t make sense but Morgan has the speed and strength and he scored that try last week when he just took the line on against Parramatta.

“He’s taking all the right options.”

Johns says he’s expecting a tight contest.

“I’m going to go for the Roosters, but there’s going to be nothing in this game.”

Brad Fittler is also expecting the Roosters to advance to the grand final.

“I think the Roosters will ask more questions, the Cowboys are going to have to play more footy,” he said.

“I don’t think they’ve had to the last two games, the two teams have fallen over in front of them, with the pressure they’ve applied.”

Johns also raised doubts over Corey Oates being named for the Broncos match against Melbourne, just a week after a sickening collision left him with concussion.

“I think he’ll play, I’m not going to question the medical staff, but you look at a sport like boxing, if someone is concussed in boxing they are out for a month.

We all know what’s going on with contact sport, with concussion and head knocks, it’s something we have to be really careful about, but the medical staff in Brisbane wouldn’t let him play unless he was right.”

Johns says there’s no doubt about the outcome of the match.

“Cronk’s last game down there for the Storm, they will win, I honestly can’t see them getting beaten.”

You can catch Melbourne vs Brisbane live and free on Channel Nine, from 7:30pm Friday, and the Roosters and Cowboys live and free on Channel Nine from 7:00pm Saturday.